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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does K. tell Frieda's mother that he plans to marry Frieda?
(a) As soon as possible.
(b) The following summer.
(c) Perhaps in a year or so.
(d) Never.

2. How did the landlady meet her husband?
(a) He bought flowers from her every day in her flower shop.
(b) He came to stay at her father's inn.
(c) He was a messenger between her and Klamm.
(d) He consoled her after Klamm stopped calling on her.

3. What does the chairman say about the Castle's phone system?
(a) That it's antiquated but effective.
(b) That it's never working.
(c) That it's a joke.
(d) That it's the most reliable part of the Castle bureaucracy.

4. What does K. tell Schwarzer he is?
(a) A land surveyor.
(b) An apothecary.
(c) A member of the royal court.
(d) A milliner.

5. What does Frieda want K. to do about the job offer?
(a) She wants him to reject the job.
(b) She wants him to negotiate for a higher position.
(c) She wants him to negotiate for time off to be with her.
(d) She wants him to take the job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What photo does the landlady show K.?

2. How many siblings does Barnabas have?

3. Who leases the inn to the landlady and landlord?

4. What does Klamm try to find on the wall in the taproom?

5. Where does K. say he could stay, if Frieda's mother kicked him out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Klamm write about K.'s assistants, and how does this compare to the reality of K.'s assistants' roles?

2. What do Artur and Jeremias know about land surveying?

3. How does K. react to the gentleman who comes to the coach while K. is there waiting?

4. What does the landlady say will happen to the record of K.'s talk with the gentleman?

5. Who are the people in the house K. stops at on his way toward the Castle?

6. What does K. ask Frieda about when he first meets her?

7. What does K. call Artur and Jeremias and why?

8. What does K. praise Frieda for?

9. What reason does the teacher give that the chairman wants to help K.?

10. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

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